Category: Austrian News

Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) and Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens) today issued an appeal for vaccination to those under 35 years of age. The current infection figures prove “that due to the vaccination progress there has been a massive shift in the incidence of infection from the higher age groups, which are particularly at risk, to younger age groups,” they said in a statement. According to the latest report by the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), the proportion of “new infections in the past seven days among…

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Coronavirus numbers continue to rise. After new infection numbers topped 200 cases for the first time in a month on Tuesday, as many as 300 new infections were reported on Wednesday. In absolute terms, the numbers were highest in Vienna with 109 new cases, but in Burgenland there was not a single new infection in the past 24 hours. Burgenland 0 Carinthia 50 Lower Austria 51 Upper Austria 39 Salzburg 18 Styria 32 Tyrol 23 Vorarlberg 10 Vienna 109 There was no large increase in the number of people being…

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For the first time since mid-June, more than 200 new infections were registered on Tuesday. Specifically, 218 new infections with the coronavirus were reported in Austria from Monday to Tuesday. A week ago, there had been 84 new cases. In addition, there was a new death in the past 24 hours in connection with the coronavirus. Thus, the numbers are currently rising again significantly. With today’s figures, the 7-day incidence is 12.59. The lowest level was 5.28 on July 3. As of today, 10,724 people across Austria have died as…

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From Sunday to Monday, 192 new infections with the coronavirus were reported in Austria. That is as many as on Friday. No new deaths associated with Covid 19 infection have been reported. The number of active cases in the country rose to 2,116 reported cases. This is almost 400 more than a week ago. To date, there have been 651,804 positive test results in Austria. As of today, 10,723 people across Austria have died as a result of the coronavirus and 638,965 have recovered. Currently, 103 people are in hospital…

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In the past 24 hours, according to figures from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of the Interior (as of 9:30 a.m. Sunday), 159 new infections with the coronavirus have been recorded, more than the average of the past seven days (125) and more than twice as many as last Sunday’s 75. The seven-day incidence of infections per 100,000 inhabitants is also on the rise, approaching the ten-case threshold at 9.8 cases. Thus, 2,000 Corona cases were active in Austria on Sunday, 84 more than on Saturday. The number…

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More than five million Austrians – exactly 5,005,125 or 56 percent of the population – had received at least one partial coronavirus vaccination by midnight yesterday, according to E-vaccination passport data. This means that the target of five million vaccinated by the end of June was missed by nine days. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) had assured at the beginning of April that all those willing to be vaccinated would receive their first shot by the end of June, but the target was revised downward at the beginning of June. Yesterday,…

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From Friday to Saturday, there were 162 new Corona infections in Austria. Compared to the previous week (93 cases), this is a slight increase of 69 cases. This brings the 7-day incidence to 8.89. In addition, there is one new death associated with Covid 19 infection. The number of active cases increases to 1,916 with 95 new recoveries. In the past 24 hours, 69,977 new PCR tests were performed, bringing the positive rate to 0.23 percent. The positive news, despite slightly increasing numbers, is that there are four fewer Corona…

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On Friday, the government held a press conference to announce how it will proceed in the coming weeks in light of the current Corona situation. Despite numbers rising again and the delta mutation continuing to spread, it was announced Friday: The agreed roadmap will be adhered to. Specifically, “The 3G rule will remain in place as scheduled.” But there will be further opening steps on July 22. From this date, the mask requirement will fall in large parts of the trade. Kurz explains that from then on, the mask requirement…

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Already last week, more than 60 percent of new infections in Austria were due to the more contagious delta variant of the corona virus. The more infectious mutation is slowly being reflected in case numbers, which have been rising for days. On Friday, the Interior and Health Ministries reported 163 new infections in the past 24 hours. That’s well above last week’s daily average of 103. The seven-day incidence is also rising again and now stands at 8.1 cases per 100,000 population. A week ago, this was 6.2. Last Friday,…

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